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Program Details
George Mason University
Environmental Science (03.0104)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Environmental Science

Program Status: Active/Approved to Enroll Students and Confer Degrees

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 030104

	Credit Hours	Program Offered
On-Campus:	Yes	Yes
Off-Campus:	Yes	No

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 08/2010

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 05/2010

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	151	146	29
2019-20	163	165	29
2020-21	185	178	31
2021-22	206	194	45
2022-23	198	190	39

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.19	121	$ 3,404

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.56	90

The table to the right provides the degree award history of each the last five years, disaggregated by state residency. This breakout may may help explain why a relatively low percentage of program completers may appear to be working in Virginia.

Program Graduates by Domicile
Year	In-State	Out-of-State	Total
2018-19	22	7	29
2019-20	24	5	29
2020-21	26	5	31
2021-22	36	9	45
2022-23	33	6	39
Five Year Summary	141	32	173

Distribution by Gender and Race/Ethnicity within Five-year Totals,

Year	Foreign/ International	African Am. or Black (NH)	Am. Indian/ Native Am. (NH)	Asian/ Pacific Islander (NH)	Hispanic	White, Caucasian Am. (NH)	Multi-Race (NH)	Unknown/ Unreported (NH)	Total
Sum of the Last 5 Years	1	5	0	16	173	23	108	6	173

Wages Earned in 2020

The table below shows the wage data for the select program and places it in the context of all wages at the same degree level of this institution by graduates with at least three (3) quarters of employment.

Post-Completion Wage Outcomes, Earnings in 2022
Graduation Year	Grads (n)	Grads w/Wages (n)	25th Percentile	Median Wage	75th Percentile
2011-12 (10 years)		NaN
2013-14 (8 years)	24	50%	$50,430	$65,634	$81,270
2016-17 (5 years)	104	44%	$48,136	$58,424	$74,602
2018-19 (3 years)	128	45%	$30,532	$49,157	$68,323
2020-21 (18 months)	132	55%	$26,099	$42,582	$53,941

Student Debt of Graduates

Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2013-14 to 2017-18	73	62.9%	$ 13,855	$ 21,774	$ 27,028	$ 28,980
2014-15 to 2018-19	76	59.4%	$ 13,113	$ 22,964	$ 27,246	$ 29,192
2015-16 to 2019-20	78	58.6%	$ 17,316	$ 24,662	$ 31,362	$ 30,740
2016-17 to 2020-21	77	58.3%	$ 17,960	$ 26,564	$ 35,609	$ 38,690
2017-18 to 2021-22	85	56.3%	$ 14,844	$ 24,719	$ 30,723	$ 35,773

Note: Student borrowing at graduation, excludes PLUS loans, in five-year rollups. Includes all known institutionally-processed borrowing occuring at all public and nonprofit institutions in Virginia. Debt accrued outside Virginia in prior postsecondary activity is not available.

Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation, Including Parent-PLUS and Grad-PLUS
	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2013-14 to 2017-18	73	62.9%	$ 15,774	$ 26,724	$ 36,577	$ 42,146
2014-15 to 2018-19	76	59.4%	$ 16,079	$ 26,718	$ 35,720	$ 41,944
2015-16 to 2019-20	78	58.6%	$ 18,450	$ 26,722	$ 38,129	$ 49,576
2016-17 to 2020-21	77	58.3%	$ 18,450	$ 29,439	$ 41,094	$ 54,298
2017-18 to 2021-22	85	56.3%	$ 17,320	$ 27,495	$ 38,971	$ 53,924

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.